Description
Product ID: | 9780749079154 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Series: | Railway Detective |
Title: | The Iron Horse |
Subtitle: | The bestselling Victorian mystery series |
Authors: | Author: Edward Marston |
Page Count: | 336 |
Subjects: | Historical crime and mysteries, Historical mysteries |
Description: | Select Guide Rating Derby Day at Epsom Downs. A multitude of people crowd to watch the races: dukes and dustmen, bishops and beggars, privileged ladies and prostitutes. The gamut of Victorian society and a hotbed for crime and crooks of all kinds. With the nation a-flutter in the run up to this national event, a disembodied head is discovered on a passenger train. Derby Day at Epsom Downs. A multitude of people crowd to watch the races: dukes and dustmen, bishops and beggars, privileged ladies and prostitutes. The gamut of Victorian society and a hotbed for crime and crooks of all kinds.With the nation a-flutter in the run up to this national event, a disembodied head is discovered on a passenger train at Crewe; the first in a murky course of events that takes in murder, fraud and race-fixing. Detective Inspector Robert Colbeck and his assistant are assigned to the case and are soon snarled up in a web of skulduggery stretching across the country. They are forced to ask themselves, just how much is someone prepared to hazard to win? |
Imprint Name: | Allison & Busby |
Publisher Name: | Allison & Busby |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2008-06-23 |